and i think that's a prescription for that kind of tea party, michele bachmann/sarah palin crowd to start roaring again. i'll be fascinated to see the reaction. >> i think that's an interesting point about the rise of tea party economics. the total hostility, any notion, any concept of a welfare state f of the problem that was outline, basically the problem, we always hear about the demographic problem. the majority, nonwhites and young people and single women, if you look at this group and its basic attitude toward government it favors a more activist government. it favors the safety net. if the republican party wants to appeal to this rising coalition, anything it does will automatically alienate its current coalition. do you see any way to merge those two? >> look, it is a tough sell. i think you put your finger on a really big problem. i would add that a lot of republicans are not on board with this at all. i was e-mailing with someone i'll describe as having been closed to the romney campaign who said he thought the document was good. it has a lot of good ideas but the fundamental le